Pongidae
[ pon-ji-dee ]
/ ˈpɒn dʒɪ di /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Anthropology, Zoology.
the primate family comprising gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans: no longer used in taxonomy, it is subsumed by the family Hominidae, which includes humans.
Origin of Pongidae
First recorded in 1910–15; from New Latin
Pongidae, equivalent to
Pong(o), type genus (said to be from Kongo
mpongi, mpungu “ape”) +
-idae see origin at
-idae